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The New York Daily News reports: Disgraced celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti must pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to lawyers who represented Nike when he tried to extort $25 million from the sportswear giant, a judge ruled Monday. Manhattan Federal Court Judge Paul Gardephe ordered Avenatti to pay $259,800 to Nike in restitution ― about a third of the $856,162 …

The New Republic reports: For well over a year, Project Veritas has been secretly producing undercover stings designed to undermine the integrity of absentee and mail-in ballot counts—an endeavor codenamed “Diamond Dog,” according to documents we have obtained. Diamond Dog began as only one facet of Project Veritas’s 2020 rat-fucking strategy, but with the onset of the pandemic, which has …

Jared Holt reports at Right Wing Watch: As right-wing political operative Jacob Wohl faces legal action yet again—this time by Arizona’s attorney general—Right Wing Watch has exclusively obtained copies of documents we believe to be the source of many of Wohl’s legal troubles. Roger Sollenberger reported in Salon Friday that the Arizona attorney general is “actively pursuing collection efforts” against …

From the Save The Jim Bakker Show petition: In a new, carefully crafted smear-campaign by the media, they are trying to permanently silence Jim Bakker and his ministry by attempting to target the very outlets that broadcast his Christian TV show. They are collecting signatures and sending them to the broadcasting carriers and networks in order to remove him from …

Media Matters reports: The New York State Office of the Attorney General has told Newsmax TV host Wayne Allyn Root “to immediately cease and desist from making misleading claims” after the right-wing host touted alkaline silver as an important product for people who are concerned about coronavirus. As Media Matters first reported, Root used his March 11 program to downplay …

Politico reports: Donald Trump has raised record amounts of money as a presidential candidate. But he’s still left a slew of unpaid bills in his wake. In city after city, across the nation, Trump has failed to pay local officials who provide thousands of dollars’ worth of security assistance to the president’s campaign during his Make America Great Again rallies. …

Via press release from the FDA: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to purchase or drink a product sold online as a medical treatment due to a recent rise in reported health issues. Since 2010, the FDA has warnedExternal Link Disclaimer consumers about the dangers of Miracle or Master Mineral Solution, Miracle Mineral Supplement, MMS, Chlorine …

Public Integrity reports: President Donald Trump has pledged the federal government will provide “whatever is needed” to help El Paso, Texas, recover from a mass shooting Saturday that killed 22 people. But Trump’s own 2020 re-election committee still hasn’t paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in police and public safety-related bills and late fees that El Paso city officials say …

“How come Trump was elected? Because God’s people voted and the world knows it, the enemies of the gospel know it. I’m going to say something I probably shouldn’t say. What’s coming next, if we keep losing, you’re going to see the leaders of the church and the leaders of the gospel and the political conservative leaders that are powerful, …

Buzzfeed News reports: The viral crowdfunding effort to build a wall on the southern border aimed at deterring immigrants from crossing illegally was only recently completed, but on Monday the newly installed wall suffered a major setback — a large gate built into the barrier was ordered open indefinitely by officials. The controversial half-mile wall constructed along the US–Mexico border …

Forbes reports: The much-maligned pharmaceutical businessman and uber troll Martin Shkreli has been put in solitary confinement at Federal Correctional Institution in Fort Dix, New Jersey, Forbes has been told by two sources with knowledge of the situation. That came after the Wall Street Journal described how he was using a contraband phone to run his pharma business from behind …

The Washington Post reports: Whitaker’s connection to World Patent Marketing came as a surprise to both senior Justice Department and White House officials, several officials said. In their investigation, FTC staff had sought to learn more about the role played by the company’s advisory board members, including Whitaker, a former U.S. attorney whose role was prominently highlighted by the company …

“It’s going to be a public relations nightmare for our president if he doesn’t get ahead of this thing. The person who has apparently been financing this thing is George Soros. Now, we don’t have hard evidence on that, but that’s the suspicion; that the George Soros foundation has somehow been providing money because somebody has been paying those people …

“We were the guests of Sen. Grassley and Sen. McConnell. We went in the back door and they gave us secret little passes and all this. They put us in a holding room and both of those senators came out and Sen. Grassley said to us just before he left the room, he said, ‘Now, I believe in the power …

“We’ve seen many, many, many prayers being answered. We prayed together in our staff a few days ago and asked the Lord to move that hurricane’s course away from this area and from what we gather right now, the storm track has shifted south of this area and we no longer are under the threat of a serious hurricane here. …

“I don’t want that thing to come in. I don’t want it to hurt Regent, I don’t want it to hurt CBN, I don’t want it to tear up the beautiful campus, I don’t want it to tear these trees down, I don’t want to see any damage, I don’t want a bunch of glass flowing, and I don’t want …

Hemant Mehta reports at the Friendly Atheist: Televangelist Jim Bakker said on his show yesterday that “prophet friends” are warning him that something bad is very imminent. “Within weeks,” they say, “a crisis is gonna hit.” It’ll happen before Christmas! It’ll be “irreversible and shock the world.” Bakker, of course, has a solution to that. The prophets say that a …

“This is what He told me. He said, ‘Donald Trump is a respite in this troubled times and I sent him in grace to give you time to prepare for what’s coming on earth’. God has given us a man who is not afraid to fight. We have a president people think is crazy. They call him crazy, but he’s …

“You know the one thing we never talk about, is one of the few gels and products that cures, gets rid of all venereal diseases. This is like a miracle in a tube!” – Scamvangelist and felon Jim Bakker, promoting his Silver Solution Starter Kit, which for a mere $100 will take care of the STDs that God righteously smited …

“What I’ve seen, what Trump is going through, is exactly what happened to me. When the parole board looked me in the eye and said, ‘Jim, we believe you’re that you’re not guilty’ – it shook all the way to Washington. They could not tolerate the fact that the board had said I wasn’t guilty. They did everything they could …